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About GilPress

I'm Managing Partner at gPress, a marketing, publishing, research and education consultancy. Also a Senior Contributor forbes.com/sites/gilpress/. Previously, I held senior marketing and research management positions at NORC, DEC and EMC. Most recently, I was Senior Director, Thought Leadership Marketing at EMC, where I launched the Big Data conversation with the “How Much Information?” study (2000 with UC Berkeley) and the Digital Universe study (2007 with IDC). Twitter: @GilPress

Global Distribution of AI Startups

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Apple Pay to Become the Most Popular Digital Wallet Worldwide in 2020 with 227 Million Users

You will find more infographics at Statista The global number of digital wallet users could double by 2020, according to Juniper Research

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The Internet of Things (IoT) by the Numbers

IDC estimates that there will be 41.6 billion connected IoT devices, or “things,” generating 79.4 zettabytes (ZB) of data in 2025. Gartner forecasts that the enterprise and automotive IoT market will grow to 5.8 billion endpoints in 2020, a 21% … Continue reading

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The Digital Transformation of the Oil and Gas Industry

Lux Research: The oil and gas industry today faces four key challenges: volatile commodities, workforce retirements, low carbon economy, and shifting geopolitics. Culminating in its new era of operational efficiency, digital transformation serves as the answer for cost reduction and … Continue reading

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2020 Predictions for the Internet of Things (IoT)

IDC 2020 predictions for the Internet of Things (IoT): In 2020, 90% of organizations will have determined key performance indicators to measure the success of their IoT projects. By 2021, 75% of organizations embarking on an IoT project will work … Continue reading

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The Rise and Rise of Video Streaming

Axios: The economics don’t mode well for the theater chains, but they aren’t miserable either. U.S. cinema revenue continues to plateau as ticket prices increase, suggesting that theater-viewing isn’t dead yet. Digital movie-viewing, however, continues to skyrocket.

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China is Moving Towards a Cashless Society

eMarketer: We forecast that 577.4 million people in China made a purchase via proximity mobile payment within a six-month period this year. Those users account for 49.6% of the country’s population. In 2020, more than half of the population will … Continue reading

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Big Tech Leads in AI Patent Filings

WSJ: AI-related applications to the US Patent Office grew to about 3,800 in 2018 from roughly 3,200 in 2017 and about 1,900 in 2014.

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IDC 2020 IT Predictions

The focus for IDC’s 10 predictions for next year and beyond is the rise of the digital economy. By 2023, IDC predicts, over half (52%) of global GDP will be accounted for by digitally transformed enterprises. This digital tipping point … Continue reading

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Growth in the Number of Websites, 1991-2019

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